Évariste Galois

Mathematics French 1811 – 1832 273 quotes

Founded group theory before dying at 20

Quotes by Évariste Galois

I have not the time to be a normal person.

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I have not the time to be anything but extraordinary.

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I have not the time to be anything but a mathematical prophet.

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Alas! I have no time.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

My life will be extinguished in a ridiculous farce.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

I have made discoveries which will change the face of mathematics.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

Do not weep, my friend, I need all my courage to die at twenty.

Words to his brother Alfred 1832

I have no time, I have no time!

Last words, as reported by his brother 1832

I have not the time to clear up all this.

Marginal note in his mathematical papers 1832

I have no time to finish this memoir.

Marginal note in his mathematical papers 1832

There is something in me that is stronger than myself.

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The truth is often found in the simplest forms.

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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

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I have been misunderstood.

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My youth has been a torment.

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I die, but my ideas will live on.

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

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It is better to die for a cause than to live without one.

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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